• 161 was shambolic

    From MICHAEL LOO@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, March 30, 2019 22:56:26
    I found a grapefruit mimosa one you wouldn't have minded, but it
    was
    a limited batch flavor.
    Maybe, but I can't see being enthusiastic
    about it.
    You probably would have needed some real champagne to it.

    Might improve matters, but again there's
    this why bother? issue.

    If you eat fake meat, it's not likely to
    be for taste reasons anyway.
    True. I do like some veggie burgers, but not the ones meant to taste
    like meat.

    The one I recall most immediately tasted like
    lima bean with a side of green beans. You of
    course may enjoy what you wish, but lima beans?

    Or at least get him admitted to art school. Have you
    seen the stuff? It reminds me of Mr. Happy Little
    Trees but more finished, sometimes obsessibely so.
    Not nearly as bad as people like to tell you - if
    they had been the work of a famous scientist or
    something other than the monster of the 20th century,
    people would go, oh, that's pretty good.
    Churchill was pretty decent in his own right. The other dude would
    have been better off painting souvenir scenes for tourists.

    Don't knock souvenir scenes for tourists. That
    would have kept him off the streets, as it did
    for Lilli for some time. And some of them can
    get kind of good, with a bit of practice. There's
    this guy Canaletto, for example.

    coining money with the seeds.
    That would have been okay for a generation
    or two, but it's hard to sustain that kind
    of income, unless you are some truly evil
    corporation that patents things that are
    unpatentable, except that American lawyers
    twisted American laws to do so.
    And with seeds the market would have been gone in a decade or two.
    By then the seeds would have spread and your exclusive wouldn't have
    been exclusive any more.

    That being the point. Though Monsanto has managed
    to soak farmers for unwitting infringement
    through such means as airborne pollen distribution.

    name for them but whatever. Tonight was asparagus and smoked ham
    sauteed with garlic and finished off in chicken stock and pesto
    and
    gruyere, served over linguini.
    Except for the pesto part, it sounds familiar.
    Like I said. It probably has a name.

    A nice one?

    Along the lines of your thrown-together supper
    but way too messified -
    Title: Ham and Asparagus Pasta
    And not dairy free, for those who'd care.

    Pasta sauces are often much improved
    by a bit of dairy, though I say it who
    shouldn't.

    ---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01

    Title: Traditional Lasagne
    Categories: Italian, Pasta
    Yield: 4 servings

    2/3 Recipe Egg Pasta or use 2 1/8 ts Nutmeg, grated
    -eggs and 1 1/3 cups flour 6 Fresh Italian plum
    tomatoes
    OR 1/2 Lb dry lasagne -(or 1 cup canned)
    -noodles Salt
    BOLOGNESE SAUCE Pepper
    1 Onion BECHAMEL SAUCE
    1/2 Carrot 3 tb Butter
    1/2 Rib celery 1/4 c Flour
    1 Clove garlic 2 c Milk
    2 tb Butter Salt
    1/2 lb Lean pork, ground Pepper
    1/3 c Dry white wine 3/4 c Parmesan cheese, grated
    1/3 c Heavy cream

    PREPARATION: Make the Egg Pasta dough. Roll as thin as possible and cut
    into 2-inch wide stripe or approximately 4-inch squares. Grate the
    Parmesan cheese. For The Bolognese Sauce, dice the onion, carrot, and
    celery. Mince the garlic. Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat; add
    the
    pork and cook until it just loses its pink color, about 3 minutes. Add
    onion, carrot, and celery; cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Add
    garlic;
    cook 1 minute. Add wine, stirring with wooden spoon to deglaze pan;
    simmer
    until reduced by 1/2, about 15 minutes. Add heavy cream and nutmeg;
    simmer
    until thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and their juice,
    breaking up with a wooden spoon. Cover and simmer over low heat,
    stirring
    occasionally, for 2 hours. Season with salt and pepper. For The Bechamel
    Sauce, melt butter on low heat in a saucepan. Whisk in the flour and cook
    1
    minute. Gradually whisk in the milk and bring to a boil, stirring
    constantly. Reduce heat; season with salt and pepper. Simmer for 20
    minutes. Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling, salted water until
    tender, about 3 minutes for fresh pasta. Drain and refresh under cold
    water. Pour a thin layer of Bolognese Sauce into bottom of baking dish.
    Arrange a layer of pasta on top. Pour 1/3 of the Bolognese and then 1/3
    of
    the Bechamel over pasta. Sprinkle 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Repeat for 2
    more layers, ending with the Parmesan cheese. NOTE: Lasagne can be made
    to this point a day ahead (OR can be frozen). COOKING AND SERVING: Heat
    oven to 400F. Loosely cover lasagne with foil and bake until warmed
    through, about 20 minutes. Remove foil and put lasagne under broiler
    until
    golden brown, about 5 minutes. Let lasagne sit for 10 minutes before
    serving.

    Makes 4 servings.

    [COOKS March-April 1988]

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to MICHAEL LOO on Friday, April 05, 2019 00:38:10
    I found a grapefruit mimosa one you wouldn't have minded, but
    it
    was
    a limited batch flavor.
    Maybe, but I can't see being enthusiastic
    about it.
    You probably would have needed some real champagne to it.

    Might improve matters, but again there's
    this why bother? issue.

    True.

    True. I do like some veggie burgers, but not the ones meant to
    taste
    like meat.

    The one I recall most immediately tasted like
    lima bean with a side of green beans. You of
    course may enjoy what you wish, but lima beans?

    Some people do. I find them edible, but that's about it.

    have been better off painting souvenir scenes for tourists.

    Don't knock souvenir scenes for tourists. That
    would have kept him off the streets, as it did
    for Lilli for some time. And some of them can
    get kind of good, with a bit of practice. There's
    this guy Canaletto, for example.

    Yeah well. For every Canaletto there are 3000 guys pushing a pencil
    around. I'd have preferred a wall full of watercolors by the person
    in question to his eventual employment.

    And with seeds the market would have been gone in a decade or
    two.
    By then the seeds would have spread and your exclusive wouldn't
    have
    been exclusive any more.

    That being the point. Though Monsanto has managed
    to soak farmers for unwitting infringement
    through such means as airborne pollen distribution.

    They've tried at least.

    gruyere, served over linguini.
    Except for the pesto part, it sounds familiar.
    Like I said. It probably has a name.

    A nice one?

    It wasn't bad.

    Title: Ham and Asparagus Pasta
    And not dairy free, for those who'd care.

    Pasta sauces are often much improved
    by a bit of dairy, though I say it who
    shouldn't.

    It rarely hurts, especially if it's parmesan or romano. Or cream.
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